Fantasist
noun
Someone who often has fantasies or unrestrained imagination, especially about their own abilities or achievements.
His tales of adventures are too exaggerated, I think he is a fantasist.
Often appears as...
- compulsive fantasist
- pathological fantasist
noun
Someone who often has fantasies or unrestrained imagination, especially about their own abilities or achievements.
His tales of adventures are too exaggerated, I think he is a fantasist.
Often appears as...
- compulsive fantasist
- pathological fantasist
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Unrealistic Perceptions
Understand 'fantasist' suggests a person may not recognize the impracticality of their ideas or dreams.
He's a fantasist for believing he'll be a famous actor overnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Fantasist' often implies criticism; the person’s thoughts are not taken seriously.
The workers viewed him as a fantasist for his unlikely promises.
Pro Tip 3/3Exaggeration Hint
'Fantasist' is used when someone is known for making their stories or abilities seem bigger or better than they are.
Don't trust everything he says; he's known to be a fantasist.
Compare with
delusiondreamfictitiousimaginativepretendrealisticvisionary
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Quote examples
Emily Atack
British Actress
I sounded like a fantasist at school when you'd go round the class, and they'd say, 'What do Mummy and Daddy do?' I was like, 'Mummy's an actress, and Daddy's a musician, and he plays his guitar with Bonnie Tyler.' And the teachers used to, like, roll their eyes, like, 'She's mental!
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Philip Roth
American Novelist
I needed my life as a springboard for my fiction. I have to have something solid under my feet when I write. I'm not a fantasist. I bounce up and down on the diving board, and I go into the water of fiction. But I've got to begin in life so I can pump life into it throughout.
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Harlan Ellison
American Writer
I don't think I've ever really been a science fiction writer. I'm closer to a fantasist, speculative fiction, whatever, but labels are ultimately derogatory, and I eschew them as best I can.
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Helen McCrory
British Actress
When I was 14, I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born.
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Ada Yonath
Israeli Scientist
I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.
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Dasha Zhukova
Russian Celebrity
I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I guess I'm a bit of a fantasist and a daydreamer - all sorts of things come to me during the day.
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Pete Doherty
English Musician
I'm not an activist. I'm a fantasist.
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Emily Atack
British Actress
I sounded like a fantasist at school when you'd go round the class, and they'd say, 'What do Mummy and Daddy do?' I was like, 'Mummy's an actress, and Daddy's a musician, and he plays his guitar with Bonnie Tyler.' And the teachers used to, like, roll their eyes, like, 'She's mental!
Quote examples
Philip Roth
American Novelist
I needed my life as a springboard for my fiction. I have to have something solid under my feet when I write. I'm not a fantasist. I bounce up and down on the diving board, and I go into the water of fiction. But I've got to begin in life so I can pump life into it throughout.
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Harlan Ellison
American Writer
I don't think I've ever really been a science fiction writer. I'm closer to a fantasist, speculative fiction, whatever, but labels are ultimately derogatory, and I eschew them as best I can.
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Helen McCrory
British Actress
When I was 14, I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born.
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Ada Yonath
Israeli Scientist
I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.
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Dasha Zhukova
Russian Celebrity
I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I guess I'm a bit of a fantasist and a daydreamer - all sorts of things come to me during the day.
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Pete Doherty
English Musician
I'm not an activist. I'm a fantasist.
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